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Preferred Stock | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
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Preferred Stock | (7) Preferred Stock Liberty Broadband's preferred stock is issuable, from time to time, with such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such preferred stock adopted by Liberty Broadband’s board of directors. The Liberty Broadband preferred stock was issued as a result of the closing of the Liberty Broadband combination with prior GCI Liberty on December 18, 2020. Each share of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of prior GCI Liberty outstanding immediately prior to the closing was converted into one share of newly issued Liberty Broadband preferred stock. The Company is required to redeem all outstanding shares of Liberty Broadband preferred stock out of funds legally available, at the liquidation price plus all unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) accrued from the most recent dividend payment date through the redemption date, on the first business day following March 8, 2039. There were 7,300,000 shares of Liberty Broadband preferred stock authorized and 7,183,812 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2025. An additional 42,700,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company are authorized and are undesignated as to series. The Liberty Broadband preferred stock is accounted for as a liability on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets because it is mandatorily redeemable. As a result, all dividends paid on the Liberty Broadband preferred stock are recorded as interest expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. Liberty Broadband preferred stock has one-third of a vote per share. The liquidation price is measured per share and shall mean the sum of (i) $25, plus (ii) an amount equal to all unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) accrued with respect to such share have been added to and then remain part of the liquidation price as of such date. The fair value of Liberty Broadband preferred stock of $203 million was recorded at the time of the closing of the Liberty Broadband combination with prior GCI Liberty. The fair value of Liberty Broadband preferred stock as of June 30, 2025 was $179 million (Level 1). The holders of shares of Liberty Broadband preferred stock are entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Liberty Broadband board of directors, out of legally available funds, preferential dividends that accrue and cumulate as provided in the certificate of designations for the Liberty Broadband preferred stock. Dividends on each share of Liberty Broadband preferred stock accrue on a daily basis at a rate of 7.00% per annum of the liquidation price. Accrued dividends are payable quarterly on each dividend payment date, which is January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2021. If Liberty Broadband fails to pay cash dividends on the Liberty Broadband preferred stock in full for any four consecutive or non-consecutive dividend periods then the dividend rate shall increase by 2.00% per annum of the liquidation price until cured. On May 22, 2025, the Company announced that its board of directors had declared a quarterly cash dividend of approximately $0.44 per share of Liberty Broadband preferred stock which was paid on July 15, 2025 to shareholders of record of the Liberty Broadband preferred stock at the close of business on June 30, 2025.

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